Pakistan: Two liberal voices silenced forever
Mar 3, 2011
Nationwide strike in Bangladesh to protest crackdown on Islamists
Associated Press | Wednesday May 8, 2013
Thousands of security officers patrolled the streets of Bangladesh's capital on Wednesday trying to prevent violence during a general strike called by 18 opposition parties.
Pakistan mob burns man accused of desecrating Quran alive
Reuters | Saturday December 22, 2012
A mob broke into a Pakistani police station and burnt a man accused of desecrating the Quran alive, police said Saturday, in the latest violence focusing attention on the country's blasphemy laws.
In twist for Pakistan, Muslims accused of blasphemy after temple is ransacked
Associated Press | Monday October 1, 2012
Pakistan's blasphemy laws may be used to punish Muslims suspected of ransacking a Hindu temple, an intriguing twist for a country where harsh laws governing religious insults are primarily used against supposed offenses to Islam, not minority faiths....
Pakistan: In twist, Muslims accused of blasphemy
Associated Press | Monday October 1, 2012
A group of Muslims suspected of ransacking a Hindu temple in southern Pakistan may be charged with blasphemy, police said Sunday. The case is a rare twist on the use of the country's harsh blasphemy laws, which are more often invoked against supposed...
Pakistan girl fears life in blasphemy case: Reports
Agence France-Presse | Wednesday September 12, 2012
A Christian family and their daughter, who was bailed after spending three weeks in a Pakistan jail on blasphemy charges, fear for their lives despite government promises to protect them, media reports said.
Pak blasphemy case: Judge grants bail to 11-year-old Christian girl at 1 million rupees
Associated Press | Friday September 7, 2012
A Pakistani judge granted bail Friday to a young, mentally challenged Christian girl accused of insulting Islam for burning pages of the religion's holy book. Rights activists welcomed the decision after calling for her release since she was arrested...
Still no bail for Pakistan 'blasphemy' girl
Agence France Presse | Monday September 3, 2012
A Pakistani court on Monday adjourned by another four days possible bail for a Christian girl accused of blasphemy in a case that has sparked international criticism.
Pak cleric arrested for framing 11-year-old in blasphemy case
Reuters | Monday September 3, 2012
The imam, Khalid Jadoon Chishti, appeared briefly in court on Sunday before he was sent to jail for a 14-day judicial remand.
Pakistani court extends remand of Christian girl
Press Trust of India | Friday August 31, 2012
A Pakistani court has extended by a fortnight the judicial remand of a minor Christian girl arrested on a charge of blasphemy. Rimsha Masih, who was arrested from the low-income Mehria Jaffar area on the outskirts of Islamabad on August 16, was prod...
Girl arrested for blasphemy in Pakistan is 14 years old
Associated Press | Tuesday August 28, 2012
An official medical review of a Pakistani Christian girl accused of desecrating the Quran has determined that the girl is a minor, a lawyer for the girl said Tuesday. The finding, which means the girl will be tried in the juvenile court system, coul...
After 11-year-old's arrest, fearful Pakistani Christians make home in forest
Associated Press | Tuesday August 28, 2012
Having fled their homes in the latest spasm of Pakistani religious strife, a few hundred Christians have camped in a forest in the Pakistani capital, cut down trees and are using the branches to build a church. Their ordeal began when a Christian gi...
Pakistani girl accused of blasphemy traumatised: Activist
Reuters | Thursday August 23, 2012
A Pakistani Christian girl detained on accusations of defaming Islam was too frightened to speak in a prison where she is being held in solitary confinement for her safety, an activist who said he visited her said on Thursday.
Had to arrest 11-year-old for her own safety, says Pak police
Associated Press | Monday August 20, 2012
Pakistani authorities arrested a Christian girl and are investigating whether she violated the country's strict blasphemy laws after furious neighbours surrounded her house and demanded police take action, a police officer said on Monday.
Prosecutor in Taseer murder case quits
Indo-Asian News Service | Friday February 4, 2011
The prosecutor who was pursuing slain Punjab governor Salman Taseer's murder case in a Pakistani court has withdrawn from the case citing security concerns, a media report said Friday. Prosecutor Saiful Malook cited security concerns and lack of instructions from the government while withd...
In Pak, blasphemy law supporters on the streets
Associated Press | Monday January 24, 2011
Rallies took place in Peshawar and Faisalabad on Sunday in support of Pakistan's strict blasphemy laws that stipulate death for those insulting Islam.About ten-thousand supporters of the Islamist Jamaat-e-Islami party gathered in the northwestern city of Peshawar for a sit-in outside the provincial ...
